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Dentists urge caution as committee weighs transition to single dental administrator for public programs
Summary
Dental providers and associations told the Senate Health and Human Services Committee that Minnesota should set rates, infrastructure funding and access protections before automatically switching Medicaid and MinnesotaCare dental claims to a single administrator.
The committee heard testimony about Senate file 1896, a bill intended to prepare Minnesota for a statutory transition to a single dental administrator for Medical Assistance (MA) and MinnesotaCare dental services.
Background: Legislation passed in 2021 directs the commissioner to contract with a single dental administrator if managed-care and county‑based purchasing plans do not reach a statutory access benchmark (55 percent) by coverage year 2024. The law’s automatic trigger would move dental claims to a single administrator on Jan. 1, 2026 if the benchmark is not met.
Provider concerns and working-group proposal: Representatives of critical‑access dental clinics (CAD Minnesota) and the Minnesota…
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